D-Day Commemoration Begins at 6 P.M.

Eighty years on, D-Day remains a defining event in American history and society. Come remember those who served; and ponder the sacrifices that freedom demands.

by Martin Davis
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Tonight at 6:00 PM, the City of Fredericksburg and the Sister City Association will host a commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day invasion that turned the tide of the Second World War. It will take place at the Fallen Heroes Memorial at 531 George Street.

The program for the event follows:

• Welcome

• The Star Spangled Banner

• La Marseillaise

• Speakers 

  • Kerry P. Devine, Mayor of Fredericksburg

  • Delegate Joshua Cole, D-65

  • Martin Davis, FXBG Advance Editor-in-Chief

• Honor Guard and Presentation of Wreath

• Laying of Wreath

• Taps

The event is free and open to the public. Please join us as we remember the brave souls who stormed the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944.

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